Fri 3 Oct 2008
LIRR Creates ‘Internal Compliance Unit’ to Combat Disability Fraud
Posted by TJ under Helena Williams, LIRR, LIRR Scandal
Calling for an emergency meeting yesterday to address the ridiculous number of LIRR retirees living on fat disability pensions, LIRR president Helena Williams announced the creation of an “internal compliance unit…to work more closely with the federal government; additional ethics training for managers and union employees,” and help from Congress in the form of reform legislation.
Regarding “ethics training,” all LIRR employees will receive training geared towards “stressing the obligation of all LIRR employees as public servants to safeguard public funds and to comply with both the letter and spirit of the law” regarding disability. In short, don’t claim a sore back if your back isn’t really, truly sore.
The compliance unit will “act as a watchdog,” said Williams, and will review all correspondence from the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, which had signed off on all the dodgy disability claims.
Williams also encouraged all Dudley Dorights to use the MTA Inspector General’s toll free number to blow the whistle on fraudulent coworkers.
October 3rd, 2008 at 10:45 pm
I think it’s disgusting that this “president” has been brought in to the LIRR and disrupted all these worker’s lives. How come noone has investigated HER? I saw her getting ready to board a train in Jamaica one day and she was being treated like the president of the United States, with men in suits checking the train she was getting on before she boarded. I’m sure her salary is well above even the top earning employee at the LIRR-active or retired. She’s a public employee-someone should get her records and income information and print it in all the NY papers, along with how many hours she actually “works”. That way all the LIRR commuters can see where there fare increases come from.
October 7th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
L2Spell coherently.
“noone”, is that pronounced like “Noon” as in high noon? Or did you mean No one, two words?
Also, “…can see where there fare increases…”; see where? There, like in over there, or did you mean *their* like it’s *their* money?
The LIRR President is an extremely nice hard working and professional woman. Trust me, the problem does not stem from her. She is part of the solution, not the problem.
Enjoy your punctual, safe and clean trains.
October 10th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
This is good news, I just wish it would have come sooner. It seems that there are more dishonest people than ever trying to take money from those who deserve it. I hope this helps curb the appeal of stealing money from these people.
October 15th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
As a LIRR employee I find it disappointing my own President would throw her own employee’s under the bus. If everyone did there research they would find that all disability benefits are fully funded by taxes levied on employees, not the taxpayers. How much does she make? I find it funny when she touts the on time performance, like she has anything to do with that from her office in Jamaica. For the truth look up railroad retirement board and diability benefits.